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Quick fact: State Grant award to increase

Changes made by the 2015 legislature and approved by Governor Dayton will expand by the Minnesota State Grant program by more than $80 million, through the use of $74.0 in projected program surplus funds and $7.0 million in additional new state funding. With these increased funds the legislature raised the four-year tuition cap up to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities tuition and fees and set the living and miscellaneous expenses equal to the poverty level for nine months. This program expansion will result in larger awards for more than 85,000 low- and middle-income college students.